Legal Opinion

Siver v. Atlantic Union College

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 8, 1958PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

This is an action of tort to recover for the death and conscious suffering of the plaintiff’s intestate, Cheryl Siver, a child of two years and two months. The defendants are Atlantic Union College and its president, Lawrence M. Stump. The plaintiff’s declaration is in eight counts of which counts 1 and 2 allege the negligence of the president; counts 3 and 4 the negligence of the college; counts 5 and 6 the wilful, reckless or wanton conduct of the college; and counts 7 and 8 the wilful, reckless or wanton conduct of the college in causing “to exist a certain dangerous instrumentality.”…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Altman v. AronsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  2. Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  3. Reardon v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  4. Baseball Publishing Co. v. BrutonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  5. Horan v. Inhabitants of WatertownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914

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3Cited by14 opinions

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